Book-holder



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C. D. MERRIMAN &a F. W. TILDEN.

BOOK HOLDER.

No. 480,410. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

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G. D. MERRIMAN 8: P. W. TILDEN. BOOK HOLDBR.

No. 480,410. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

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BOOK-HOLDER;

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,410, dated August 9, 1892.

Application filed November 14, 1891. Serial No. 411 (N model.)

To all whom 't may concern: vices, the illustration of which is best seen in Be t known that we, CHARLES DWIGHT Fig. 3. MERRIMAN and FRANK WEBBER TILDEN, citiis a rod passing Vertically and loosely zens of the United States, residing at Hinsthrough a hole in the stand near its outer 5 dale, in the county of Cheshire and State of edge, and preferably near the horizontal por- New Hampshire, have invented a new and tion S, the lower endof this rod havingahead useful Book-Holder, of which the following is 11, and 12 is an eXpansive spring coiled on a speeification. the body of the rod between its head and the This invention relates to desk-furniture, lower face of the stand. The upper end of Io and more especially to that class of devices the rod is bent at a right angle, (or less,) as

known as book-holdersg and the object of shown at 13. There are two of these leafthe same is to produce an improved device clamping devices, one near each edge of the for holding hotel-regsters and the like. stand, and when the book is opened the lat- To this end the invention consistsin a bookeral arms 13 are raised against the force of 15 holder embodying the improved details of the springs 12 and then turned and passed Construction hereinafter more fully described over the corners ot' the leaves and released. and claimed, and as illustrated on the accon- The springs draw the rod's down through the panying two sheets of drawings, whereinstand and bear the arms 13 onto the leaves Figure 1 is a perspective View of this denear their upper outer corners, and when it 2 Vice complete. Fig. 2 is a central longitudiis desired to turn a page these leaf-clamping nal section thereof, with the stand slightly devices can be easily adjusted, as will be raised from the base. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal, clear. and Fig. 4 a cross, section showing the book- It is well known that with large books when raising devices. Fig. 5 is an enlarged p'erthe same are just opened or nearly finished 25 spective detail showing the adjustable heads. the covers and the leaves adjacent thereto Referring to the said drawings, 1 is the base, stand at an angle to a horizon tal, being raised which is preferably a circular piece of Wood at their inner edges by the bindin g and resthaving rubber balls or blocks 2 set into its ing at their outer edges on the desk, and in lower face so as to form feet, which will rest order to avoid this we nake use of the book- 3 on the top of a desk or counter to sustain the raising devices best seen in Figs. 3 and 4-, and

base without permitting its slipping or nakpreferably constructed as follows: In bracking scratches thereon. Rising from the cenets or bearings 20 on the lower side of the ter of the base is a pin 3, which may be cylinstand is journaled a threaded shaft 21, havdrical, but is preferably sligltly tapered, as ing a nilled knob 22, standing beyond the `35 ShOWllside edge of the stand, and moving on this 4 is the stand, which is preferably slightly shaft isalongnut23,travelingbetween guides inclined from its rear to its lower or front 24, and having in its body an oblique slot 25. edge, where it carries abead 5 to prevent the 26 26 are two levers pivoted between their books slipping off the same, and depending ends in brackets 20', their iuner ends loosely 40 from the center of this stand is aboss 7, haventering said oblique slot and their outer ing a central aperture 6, which loosely fits the ends being pivotally connected at 27 with the pin, the aperture standing Vertical when the depending ends or feet 28 of a bar 29, the face of the stand is slightly inclined, as desaid bar standing above the face of the stand scribed. At the upper end of the stand is a and its feet passing downward through holes 45 horizontal portion 8, having a pen-rack 9 and therein, as shown. There is one of such booka place for an inkstand, peu-wiper, checkraising devices near each side edge of the pockets, dac., as shown. stand, and obviously by turning the knobs The hotel-register or otherbook is laid upon 22 in the proper directions these devices can the stand and opened,as shown in Fig. 1, and be raised or lowered to cause the covers of Ioo 50 for the purpose of holding the book open at the hook to stand exactly parallel with the the proper point we provide the following deface of the stand.

We have said that we provided the lower edge of the stand with a bead 5,' and this is illustrated in Fig. 1; but the preferable construction of this head is as follows, and as best seen in Fig. G:

5' is the body of the bead, which has near its ends depending brackets 30, provided with longitudinal Slots 31, and through each of said slots passes a set-screw 32, which takes into the lower edge of the stand t.

This device forms an arm-rest and is applied to the edge of the stand, and two ot the same are employed and have their inner ends meeting at the transverse center of the said stand. By means of their set-screws they can he adj usted to accurately correspond in height with the pages which arc to be written upon.

This entire device is of wood, metal, or other suitable material, suitably finished and ornamented, and considerable change in the specific details ot construction above described may be made without departing from the spirit of our invention.

hat is claimed as new is 1. In a book-holder, the combination, with a stand and spring-actuated leat-clamping devices, substantially as described, near the npper corners thereof, of hook-raising devices located near the side edges of the stand and each conprising a bar having downturned ends passing loosely through the stand and means for positively adjusting such ends hrolugh the stand, as and for the purpose set ort 1.

2. In a book-holder, the combination, with a stand, spring-actuated leaf-clamping devices nearthe upper corners thereof, and an adjustable head, substantially as described, across each half of the lower edge of the stand, of book-raising devices located near the side edges of the stand and each comprisingabar having downturned ends passing loosely through the stand and means for positively adjusting such ends through the stand, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a book-holder, the comhination, with a stand, spring-actuated leaf-clamping devices near the upper corners thereof, and positively-actuated book-raising devices near the side edges of the stand, ot an adjustable head in two sections across the lower edge of the stand, each section comprising a body having depending and longitudinally-slotted brackets, and set-screws passing through said b'ackets into the lower edge of the stand, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a book-holder, the combination,with a stand, positively-actuated book-raising devices near the side edges thereof, and an adj ustable head, substantially as described, across the lower edge of the stand, of leafclamping devices located near the uppercorners of said stand, each of said devices consisting ot a rod passing loosely through the hole in the stand, with its upper end bent at a right angle, a head at the lower end of the rod, and an expansive spring coiled on the rod between :its head and the lower face of the stand, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a book-holder, the combination, with a stand and positively-actuated book-raising devices near the side edges thereof, of an adjustable head in two sections across thelower edge of the stand, each section comprising a body having depending and longitudinallyslotted brackets, and set screws passing through said brackets into the lower edge of the stand, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a book-holder, the combination, with the stand and a head in two ,sections .across the lower edge of the stand, each section being vertically adjustable, of book-raising devices located near the side edges of the stand, and each comprising a bar having downturned ends passing loosely through the stand, and means for positively adjusting such ends through the stand, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a book-holder, the conbination, with a stand and a head in two sections across the lower edge of the stand, each section being adj ustable at right angles to the face of the stand,of book-raising devices, substantially as described, located near the side edges of the stand, and positive means for adjustingthem independently, as and for the purpose set forth.

S. In a hook-holder, the conbination, with a stand having holes through its body near its side edges and a support for said stand, of book-raising devices located near the side edges of the stand and each comprising a bar standing over the face of the stand and having downturned ends passing loosely through said holes, levers pivoted to said ends, brackets carried by the stand and pivotally supporting the levers between their ends, and means, substantially as described, for moving the inner ends of the levers in unison, as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In a book-holder, the combination, with a stand having holes through its body near its side edges'and a support for said stand, of book-raising devices located near the side edges of the stand and each comprising a har standing over the face of the stand and having downturned ends passing loosely through said holes, levers pivoted to said ends,brackets carried by the stand and pivotally supporting the levers between their ends, a nut having an oblique slot loosely embraciug the inner ends of said levers, and a threaded shaft journaled in hearings passing through said nut and having a milled knob on one end, as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES DWIGHT MERRIMAN.

FRANK VVEBBER TILDEN. XVitnesses:

FRANK DICKERMAN,

GEO. S. WILDER.

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